ABOUT
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Anne Francey is a visual artist who works with painting, drawing, ceramic and video. She has exhibited in Switzerland, Tunisia and the US.
She designs and directs collaborative art projects with large scale participation. Her most recent projet ”1001 BRIQUES, la Ville dans tous ses états” ( 1001 Bricks, the city in all its states), has involved 550 participants into the creation of a large ceramic relief mural installed on a small public plaza in the heart of Tunis, Tunisia.
Anne Francey is a Fulbright Scholar and the recipient of several grants from the New York State Council of the Arts .
List of recent exhibitions below.
MOST RECENT EXHIBITIONS Anne Francey
2024 Art Yard , The Alchemy of Blood, Frenchtown, NY, with Suleika Jaouad
Schacht Gallery, Unfold, SCAC Saratoga Clay Art Center, Schuylerville, NY
2021 Le Comptoir des Motifs, Artefactory, Geneva, Switzerland, fabric design, group show
2018 The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Configurations, one person show, Troy, NY
Carrie Haddad gallery, Ebb and Flow, Hudson, NY
Saratoga Arts, Then and Now, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Eric Laffer Gallery, Upstate Invitational, 3 person show, Schuylerville, NY
2017 Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center, The Ritual of Construction, group show, Woodstock, NY
Carrie Haddad gallery, Summer, group show
Thompson Giroux gallery, En Masse, group show
Eric Laffer gallery, winter show
2016 Saratoga Arts, 30th Anniversary Invitational, Saratoga Springs, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Summer Color, Hudson, NY
Laffer Gallery, 5th Annual Juried Group Show, Schuylerville, NY
2015 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Paper, group show, Hudson, NY
2014 Luminarté, Contemporary Islamic Art, group show, Dallas, TX
Spring Street Gallery, Where are you from? Three persons show, Saratoga Springs, NY
Albany Institute of History and Art, Mohawk Hudson Regional, group show NY
Albany International Airport, Natural Gestures, three persons show Albany, NY
Laffer Gallery, Winter show, Schuylerville, NY
2013 Sidi Kacem, Tunis National Ceramic Center International Ceramic Symposium, Tunisia
Laffer Gallery, Winter show, Schuylerville, NY
Spring Street Gallery, TREEaction, Saratoga Springs, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, 2 persons show, Hudson, NY
Liechtenstein Center for the Arts, Islam Contemporary, Pittsfield, MA
2012 Dietel Gallery, Paper and Fire, one person show, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
Laffer Gallery, Winter show, Schuylerville, NY
2010 Hyde Museum, Mohawk Hudson Regional, Glens Falls, NY
2009 El Borj Gallery, group show, la Marsa/Tunis, Tunisia
Farenheit, solo show, Carthage, Tunisia
2007 Gallery 100, Significantly Small, Saratoga Springs, NY
2006 Carrie Haddad Gallery, 3 persons show, Hudson, NY
2006 Firleflanz Gallery, 2 persons show, Albany, NY
Haddad Lascano Gallery, Still life, Great Barrington, Ma
2004 Mandeville Gallery, From an Observant Nature, 3 persons show, Union College, Schenectady NY
2004 Schenectady Museum, Mohawk Hudson regional, NY
2003 Schick Gallery, Visiting Faculty exhibition, Saratoga Springs, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Botanica, group show, Hudson, NY
The Arts Center Gallery, 3-person show, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000 Arac, Anne Francey and Renée Duc, Vallorbe, Switzerland
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES Anne Francey
2024 “1001 Briques” (1001 Bricks) artistic direction of a community wall relief sculpture with 550 participants, Tunis, place Rue Achour in Tunis, in partnership with ASM /Tunis Historical Society, with funds from Michèle Berset foundation
2021 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award in Tunisia
2019 “1001 Mains” ( 1001 Hands) artistic direction of a 150 sqft community ceramic mural with 600 participants, Ibn Rachiq Art Center, Tunis, Tunisia. in partnership with CNCA / National Center of Tunisia for Ceramic Art, with funds from the US Embassy and Swiss Embassy in Tunis
Couleurs de la Ville, Faïences et Architecture à Tunis, International symposium, Tunis,(Colors of the City, Wall Ceramic and Architecture in Tunis)
2018 Bir-el Bey, International Ceramic Mural Symposium, Tunisia
1997-2014 NYSCA Arts in Education Initiative grants for the creation of collaborative ceramic murals in public schools and communities
2013 National Ceramic Center of Tunis, International Ceramic Symposium, Tunisia
2009 Sidi Kacem El Jelizi, National center for ceramic Art, Tunis, Tunisia, artist residency
2000-2011 NYSCA Arts in Education Initiative grants for the creation of collaborative ceramic murals in schools
2005 “Creative Connections” AIE, Loudonville, NY
1999 SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts, “Faces, faces and more…faces”, a community project involving hundreds of participants
1995 SPAF, New York State Council on the Arts "Compositions", collaborative work between artists and composers
1989 Fellowship AWS Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska, Artist residency,
1988 National Artist Grant, Switzerland
1987 Fellowship , AWS Bemis Foundation, Omaha, Nebraska artist residency
Sommerville Art Price, Hunter College, New York
1983 Artist’s Grant, Young Artists of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1982 Artist’s Grant, Foundation Alice Bailly, Lausanne, Switzerland
1981 Professional advancement Grant, Business Professional Women and Zonta Club, Switzerland
Painting Award, Association de Peintres et Sculpteurs, Lausanne, Switzerland
EDUCATION
1983-1987 Hunter College: MFA , New York
1981-1982 School of Visual Arts: painting, video, 16 MM, New York
1976-1981 ECBA, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Diplôme de Beaux-Arts , Painting/Video, Lausanne, Switzerland